Thanks for visiting the BellaOnline Breastfeeding Site! I am Nicki, the Breastfeeding Editor and I live with my husband and two incredible daughters, ages 5 and 1, in Claremont, California. After a very rough start, two amazing lactation consultants and a supportive pediatrician, I breastfed my first daughter for 18 months. With baby number two, after a wonderful homebirth on Thanksgiving Day, nursing went more smoothly after just a few early glitches, and is still going strong. I went through a lot getting breastfeeding established and learned a lot. As a result, I´ve helped dozens of friends and am somewhat of an unofficial clearinghouse of breastfeeding information among those who know me -- if I don´t have an answer, I know how to find it!

In addition to my work at BellaOnline, where I am also the editor of the Early Childhood Site, I have published articles at ClubMom and Associated Content. In 2005, I was privileged to also become a published print author, contributing my essay "Loving the Life I Never Knew I Wanted," about my journey to stay-at-home-motherhood and entrepreneurship to the book "Inspiration to Realization: Real Women Reveal Proven Strategies for Personal, Business, Financial and Spiritual Fulfillment, Volume II." In my "spare time," I´m also having fun lately writing Amazon reviews for both leisure reading that I manage to do to keep me sane, as well as children´s books and other kids and family related products -- you can read them at Nicki´s Amazon Reviews.

Thanks to my supportive husband, I am now in the very early stages of pursuing my dream of creating an online parenting resource and support website. I am firmly of the belief that great parenting is a skill that can be enhanced by education. For me breastfeeding, and working hard for it, was the foundation that started me down the path we are on now. To pay the bills, I am also a work-at-home small business consultant -- doing primarily internet marketing, website strategy and product development for entrepreneurs. In my "spare" time, in addition to writing for BellaOnline, I am co-leading my local chapter of the Holistic Moms Network and serving as Room Liasion at my daughter´s amazing alternative (but public) elementary school, where they let me volunteer with the baby in a Mei Tai!

As a mother who could not have been successful at breastfeeding without the support I received, and as an avid breastfeeding advocate, I am beyond thrilled at being able to be of service by supporting breastfeeding mothers at BellaOnline. I´d love to hear from you, so feel free to contact me through the form below.

Disclaimer: All material on the BellaOnline.com Breastfeeding website is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Although every effort is made to provide accurate and up-to-date information as of the date of publication, the author is neither a medical doctor, health practitioner, nor a Certified Lactation Consultant. If you are concerned about your health, or that of your child, consult with your health care provider regarding the advisability of any opinions or recommendations with respect to your individual situation. Information obtained from the Internet can never take the place of a personal consultation with a licensed health care provider, and neither the author nor BellaOnline.com assume any legal responsibility to update the information contained on this site or for any inaccurate or incorrect information contained on this site, and do not accept any responsibility for any decisions you may make as a result of the information contained on this site or in any referenced or linked materials written by others.

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